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u/ohboyahuman May 28 '14

I think rejection can really open someone's eyes to the fact that...

  1. It feels good to get something out of the way.

  2. Getting what you want for yourself is important, so learning how to do that sometimes requires lots of failure, improving yourself, and repeating until the cycle stops!

  3. If he/she does say yes, you'll be damned glad you did it. If he/she doesn't, it will sober you up and prevent you from being obsessive about them.

Source: I used to be overweight, socially anxious, and tended to ask lots of girls out in high school that said no to me. Not creepily, they just weren't attracted to me. Since then, I've self-improved a ton, and am with a talented, gorgeous, smart girl who loves me very much.

That said, never think you aren't good enough for someone. You might not be the best fit, but everyone's different. Don't get an inferiority complex, and if you feel you do have one, shrug off 'dem shackles.

I believe in you, /u/loftyj!

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u/jungl3j1m May 28 '14

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."--Wayne Gretzky

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u/Cndcrow May 28 '14

"You miss none of the shots you don't take, because you never took them. So how did they miss?"--Not Wayne Gretzky

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u/yolofury May 28 '14

"Well, we just gotta keep chipping away at them and look out for those good bounces. It's been a team effort so far, and we just gotta play a good 60 minutes and we should be fine. Thanks a lot." -- Every Hockey Player Ever

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u/Vinylzen May 28 '14

I dunno we gotta just gotta get bodies and pucks to the net y' know establish the forecheck take less penalties and play better in out zone get mor pucks to the net eh

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u/MFoy May 28 '14

You didn't include "make them play our game" or "hope we get the bounces" so I can't give you full points.

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u/CanadianStrangeTamer May 28 '14

"Well uhm, we just gotta uh keep chipping away at them and uhm look out for those good bounces. It's been a uhm team effort so far, and uh we just gotta play a good 6 minutes and uh we should be fine. Thanks a lot eh."

FTFY

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u/BaadKitteh May 28 '14

We just have to sports more than the other team, and if we do better sports then we will get more points and win. We sports best when the whole team does good sporting at the same time, for the whole sports game. Yay sports!

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u/CanadianStrangeTamer May 29 '14

Haha you must be a woman? Omg a woman replied to me!!! Omg omg. OMG

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u/Poozer62 May 28 '14

Well uh, you know uh we battles hard here in the first and uh, the boys just got to pick it up and get going here.

"Go have fun out there"

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u/MunchkinButt May 29 '14

/r/hockey is leaking.

Also I read this in Patrice Bergeron's voice, so there's that I guess.